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Phrase(s): get into a mess
1. Lit. to get some part of one into a sloppy or messy substance. • Look at your shoes! You really got into a mess. • Please don’t get into a mess in the park. 2. and get into a jam Fig. to get into difficulty; to get into trouble. • Now you have really gotten into a mess. • I got into a real mess at work., Phrase(s): get something into a mess
to cause something to become messy or untidy; to cause something to become unmanageable. • When he made the spaghetti sauce, he got the kitchen into a real mess. • You have got these accounts into a mess!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs